All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2018 // A U.S. jury last Friday awarded International Business Machines Corp. $83 million in a patent dispute with e-commerce company Groupon Inc.A jury in Delaware said Groupon used IBM’s patented e-commerce technology...
Jul 25 2018 // A retired Georgia Institute of Technology engineering professor described as a “pioneer” in developing the idea of ride sharing sued Lyft Inc., claiming it infringed his patent for technology underlying the...
Jul 25 2018 // Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top counterintelligence official said Chinese acquisitions of high-tech companies in Germany represent a potential national-security threat.The head of Germany’s top domestic...
Jul 23 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...
Jul 20 2018 // Xceedance decided to jump on the blockchain bandwagon late last year – but rather than building its own platform, it invested in ChainThat, a specialist provider of blockchain solutions for the insurance and reinsurance...
Jul 18 2018 // Managing general agents (MGAs) are increasingly interested in working with insurtech firms to enable their businesses to become more customer-centric, according to a new survey of UK MGAs.More than 42 percent of survey...
Jul 18 2018 // Reinsurance companies increasingly are funding insurtech startups in order to structure more innovative products and improve their business efficiencies, but how much impact on the industry will these investments...
Jul 17 2018 // Auto insurance should continue to be the primary compensation model for accident victims as the driving population transitions to and then fully adopts autonomous vehicles, according to the insurer that issued the...
Jul 16 2018 // An insurtech startup says it will disrupt California’s workers’ compensation system with “technology-enabled triage and care coordination” for California Farm Management.ChronWell, a mobile platform...
Jul 16 2018 // The data insurance agencies and brokerages possess is ever-growing. Thus, agency managers need to be able to answer how, why, and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the...
Jul 16 2018 // Recently, insurtech start-up Lemonade announced a product initiative called Policy 2.0.According to Lemonade, it will simplify the language within a standard insurance policy so insureds can easily understand what is and...
Jul 11 2018 // German automaker Daimler AG and auto supplier Bosch Corp will deploy self-driving taxis in California’s Silicon Valley region next year as part of a test program of vehicles designed for city driving, the two...
Jul 11 2018 // Next Insurance has raised $83 million in new financing, money it said will fuel its continued U.S. expansion as a full-service digital insurance carrier focused on the small business market.Nationwide Insurance and Munich...
Jul 11 2018 // Blockchain technology is moving out of the lab and into the insurance business. It’s moving past the hype phase and is edging closer to providing real-life efficiency improvements for the industry.It’s been a...
Jul 11 2018 // Amazon.com Inc. has global aspirations for its medical-supplies marketplace, according to a job listing posted on its website, highlighting the e-commerce giant’s sweeping ambitions to disrupt health care by selling...
Jul 11 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvAlthough the insurance industry may have had plenty of time to wrap its mind around managing physical property threats, what about the growing area of non-physical threats?This question was...
Jul 5 2018 // Some of the world’s largest technology companies might be breaking the European Union’s new data privacy law, according to an analysis of their policies conducted by artificial intelligence software.Researchers...
Jul 5 2018 // Many U.K. financial firms don’t have a Plan B to fall back on if they’re hit by a cyber attack. The Bank of England wants to change that.Financial regulators told firms to come up with a detailed plan for...
Jul 3 2018 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has launched a new Customer Experience Planning Website designed to help agents improve the customer experience lifecycle through technology.The site explains the six phases of the...
Jul 2 2018 // Auto insurance shoppers are placing greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago, underscoring the fact that shoppers are increasingly demanding more product options and more and...